Pinball Arcade
Pinball Arcade is a macOS pinball simulation game that lets players enjoy digital recreations of classic pinball tables from multiple manufacturers.
What is Pinball Arcade?
Pinball Arcade is a pinball simulation game for Mac that focuses on playable digital versions of real-world pinball tables. It is designed for players who want an at-home way to experience classic table layouts, ball physics, scoring, and table-specific rules without owning physical machines. The game includes a base app and additional table content, making it useful both for casual play and for fans who want to revisit particular licensed tables. On macOS, users typically install it as a standard desktop game and launch it like any other Mac app. Pinball Arcade was published by FarSight Studios and is best suited to entertainment use, especially for players interested in retro arcade-style games and pinball collecting culture.
Key features
- Play digital recreations of classic pinball tables
- Practice table rules, shots, and scoring objectives
- Expand the game with additional table content
- Use standard desktop controls for single-player pinball sessions
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is a legitimate desktop game. It may store game settings, local progress, and purchased or downloadable table content in standard app support, cache, and preference locations. Network access can be normal for license checks, downloads, updates, or restoring content. If you remove the app, you may also lose local settings or locally stored game data unless you keep those files.
Recommendation: Keep Pinball Arcade if you still play it or want to preserve its installed content and settings. If you no longer use it, removing the app is usually fine, and you can also clean up its support files afterward if you do not need local preferences or cached data.
Common paths
/Applications/Pinball Arcade.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.farsightstudios.osx.pinballarcade
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Pinball Arcade
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.farsightstudios.osx.pinballarcade.plist
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